2019-20 Boston Celtics Season

I'd be interested potentially. In a way too intense keeper league now so something more casual would be fun.

I'm kinda getting real sick of this. Go back and read the 2018 off-season thread. I certainly wasn't right on with Donic fully, but dead wrong is crazy talk.

I ranked the guy as as a tier two guy, said he'd be very good with his high IQ, passing and shooting. I just loved Ayton because he was a special athlete and Donic would have issues on D because he was not a good athlete. I want complete two way players.

Don you litterally said he wasn't a notch below Tatum as an athlete and Ayton was Clint Capela. A guy that would be hard to play 30 minutes a night.

The issues are real with Donic, like still think he's a Tatum level athlete? Tatum is one of the best defenders in the NBA, Donic is well below average. Donic is rated 28th in RPM mainly because he has a negative 1.74 defensive rating. That matches what you see and his teammates already talk about hiding him on D.

Donic's RPM is 2.88, Ayton is 2.21 and he's positive on both offense and defense. A two way player. Averaging 18.3, 12, 2 assists and 1.5 blocks at age 20 and bigs always take more time to develop. Now he might be a moron, but he still has the upside of being the best two way player in that draft if he can get his crap together.

So can we please stop acting like I said Donic was going to be a flop? I certainly didn't see this coming, but like I said back then fit mattered and the Mavs did everything right for him. At the same time, it's not like you nailed him 100% thinking he was like Tatum as an athlete and D wouldn't be an issue.

Luke Kennard keeps coming up and I can see the merits of trading for him. I would NOT trade Langford in a deal for him, but if you want to consolidate picks you can get something that makes sense for maybe him and Wood.

Let’s say:

Porier
Edwards
Semi
Memphis 1st
Bucks 1st
Maybe need to include a second as Porier is negative value with his contract next year.

For

Kennard
Wood

Wood has been talked about and could be a rental.

Kennard though is an interesting fit. He’s a great 3 point shooter at high volume (big for this team) and he’s also great as a pick and roll ball handler (another big fit in the offense). He could pretty much fit into a Hayward roll if he does leave. The big downside is the defense. He does not really fit this teams identity on defense with the ability to switch. They like their wings to be interchangeable and switchable so they could look at that as a deal breaker, especially long term and if you don’t plan to keep him long term then the above trade makes little sense. Romeo fits their wing mold perfectly, which is why I don’t want to deal him at all.

Keith Smith was told that Boston was in on Burks/Robinson but GS didn't want to take back any salary and Boston didn't want to just waive player(s) and eat their.

So if it's not a 2-for-1 type of deal, looks like Boston isn't in the game.

Steve Kyler believes Evan Turner will sign with Boston after he's bought out. Of course that, too, will require a roster spot that we currently don't have.

Man I'm just messing with you lol. And I was definitely wronger about Fultz anyway, I don't remember a single basketball prospect failing to hit his projection as hard as Fultz did. It doesn't even look like it's a physical thing, dude just looks like he forgot how to play basketball.

And I think Doncic will eventually be okay defensively. He won't be Tatum, but he'll be passable. Besides, Lebron spent his whole time with Cleveland being an atrocious defender and he was a consensus great player that won a chip.

I THINK the idea behind Turner would be if they package some guys (ideally for a shooter), then Turner fills in one of the vacated roster spots. Doubt seriously whether he'd be the only add. More of a domino move.

I think this'll be good for Wiggins but, yeah, shocked they didn't at least get a pick THIS year. Meanwhile, if KAT ain't happy now, he's never gonna be.

Just in general. Not saying they're asking the C's specifically.

Problem is that too also match salaries, you might have to give up someone of importance. So that PLUS 2 1sts (even the later ones) is tougher nut.

ADD: This is because the "step up" trade as discussed previously would probably be tough to put together at this stage (but who knows).

Sounds like a pick next year was more valuable to them because it's supposed to be a better draft. (Per Kevin O'C)

No deals for Boston, per Himmelsbach and others.